Improvement in buckles



v.|. ADAIR.

Buckles.

. "0 158350. v Patentedlan 5,1875.

NITED STATES PATENT 'Grrrca JAMES ADAIB, OF KILLBUOK TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,350, dated January 5 12u75; application filed December 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knoWn that I, JAMES ADAIR, of Killbuck township, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Buckle, of which the following is a specication:

The object of my invention is to make a buckle and keeper so that a strap with either iixed or free ends can be quickly inserted and withdrawn, and it consists, lirst, in the combination of the movable tongue A, ot' Figs. 1, 2, and 3 in the accompanying drawing, and a hook or discontinuous rixn, B, whereby I produce a buckle having an opening in one side for the ready passage of a strap, C, Figs. 4 and 5; second, in continuing in hook form the buckle-rim B, Figs. 2 and 3, backward of the base ot' the tongue A, producing a keeper, D, having a side opening for Ythe read-y passage of the idle end of strap C, Fig. 4.; third, in making the tongue'A With a lug or projection, E, Fig. 1, to close the opening in the bucklerim B, so as to make the rixn appear continuous, and to afford a place where thev linger can be easily applied to raise the tongue A, which is operative With the discontinuous rim B, in the ordinary manner.

The discontinuous rim B is made sufciently strong by an increased thickness or Width of metal at the angles; but this rim may be made of a curved form, in Which case the increased thickness of metal Will appear in the proper place for such a Well-known forni of hook.

The advantages gained by the use of my buckle are obvious. Harness can be put on and oii' a horse very rapidly, even though the straps Were Wet, muddy, and frozen, and the drivers lingers stiff from cold. Braces used in surgical practice can be quickly applied to and removed from a patient, While in numerous instances the ability to pass a strap into and secure it by my buckle before releasing the strap from the hand, and While under tension, will prove of very great value.

I am aware of C-shaped and S-shaped hooks having been used in cotton-bale tics for joining the hoops or straps, and ot their having been used in the arts generally, for divers purposes, and ani also aware that the so-called snaphook has a movable tongue; but

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of a movable tongue and a discontinuous rim or hook to forni a buckle, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a buckle and a discontinuous keeper, substantially as described.

3. A buckle-tongue having a lateral lug or projection, for the purpose set forth.

JAMES ADAIR.

Witnesses:

R. G. Horn, H. P. HUssnY. p 

